diff --git a/apps/blank/pom.xml b/apps/blank/pom.xml
index c105dd887..d7ab67728 100644
--- a/apps/blank/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/blank/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index d3679a1a9..681124cea 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7aaaefc68..7e55d40be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
         <asm.version>3.3</asm.version>
         <asm5.version>5.0.2</asm5.version>
         <tiles.version>2.0.6</tiles.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.2</log4j2.version>
 
         <!-- SCM Site Configuration -->
         <site.mainDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site</site.mainDirectory>
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>